[Chameleon] Geocoding Point Widget...

[Nolte, Tim]

Maxi,

I think we're on the same page here just describing it differently. I've
attached a screenshot of what I already developed. This works really
well for our users however this probably isn't the best design for
international use.

- Tim

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Timothy J Nolte - tnolte at ilpcs.com
Associate Network Planning Engineer

iPCS Wireless, Inc.
4717 Broadmoor Ave, Suite G
Kentwood, MI 49512

Office: 616-656-5163
PCS:    616-706-2438
Fax:    616-554-6484
Web: www.ipcswirelessinc.com 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Massimiliano Cannata [mailto:massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch] 
> Sent: Friday, November 16, 2007 3:05 AM
> To: Nolte, Tim
> Cc: chameleon at lists.maptools.org
> Subject: Re: [Chameleon] Geocoding Point Widget...
> 
> Hi Tim,
> actually I was thinking about a widget that is rendered with 
> different 
> input fields for real time geocoding an address.
> The result of the widget action could be zoom into the 
> entered address 
> and show the point on the map.
> In order to do it general (not only for US or Other countries) the 
> address to geocode should include details about the 
> country/state/city/street/number as you can probably find 
> more location 
> with the same name around the word.
> With these parameters passed to the widget you should be able 
> to set up 
> some of this field with a default value and not to render the 
> relative 
> input field in the  application.
> 
> Maxi
>  
> 
> 
> Nolte, Tim wrote:
> > Hey Max,
> >
> > I would definitely release with using Google Maps API only. 
> Actually, I
> > could go so far as to support Yahoo & MapQuest API's as 
> well and have
> > widget parameters that can select the API service to use. 
> I'm assuming
> > when you talk about having the choice of 
> nation/region/street you mean
> > geocode quality. I wasn't aware that you could select a 
> geocode quality
> > to use with Google's API, I do know that when it returns 
> the result is
> > returns also the geocode quality that is used. As soon as I can I'll
> > work on generalizing the widget a bit more and throw it out 
> there for
> > people to try. I'm wondering where the best place is to put up the
> > widget. It would be nice if there was a Widget repository 
> somewhere that
> > people could use to share widgets that they've developed.
> >
> > - Tim
> >
> > ----
> > Timothy J Nolte - tnolte at ilpcs.com
> > Associate Network Planning Engineer
> >
> > iPCS Wireless, Inc.
> > 4717 Broadmoor Ave, Suite G
> > Kentwood, MI 49512
> >
> > Office: 616-656-5163
> > PCS:    616-706-2438
> > Fax:    616-554-6484
> > Web: www.ipcswirelessinc.com 
> >
> >   
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: Massimiliano Cannata [mailto:massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch] 
> >> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2007 1:47 PM
> >> To: Nolte, Tim
> >> Cc: chameleon at lists.maptools.org
> >> Subject: Re: [Chameleon] Geocoding Point Widget...
> >>
> >> Definitively interested.
> >> I was thinking at something similar....
> >> Why don't directly call google api, parse and get the lat 
> >> long, convert 
> >> in current projection and render or zoom in?
> >> The widget could ask for a google key parameters...
> >> An the render should include a choiche of Nation, Region, Street, 
> >> number, etc....
> >> in the case in the widget nation is specifyed the widget 
> will not ask 
> >> for it as an input...
> >>
> >> Make sense?
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >> Maxi
> >>
> >> -----------------------------------------------------
> >> Dr. Massimiliano Cannata
> >> Environmental & Geomatic Engineer
> >>
> >> Institute of Earth Scences - SUPSI
> >> Trevano, C.P. 72, CH-6952 Canobbio, SWITZERLAND
> >>
> >> Tel:    +41 (0)58 / 666 62 14  
> >> Fax:    +41 (0)58 / 666 62 09
> >> E-mail: massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch
> >>
> >> Web: 
> >> http://www.ist.supsi.ch
> >> http://istgis.ist.supsi.ch:8001/geomatica/
> >> -------------------------------------------------------
> >>     
> >
> >   
> 
> -- 
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Dr. Massimiliano Cannata
> Environmental & Geomatic Engineer
> 
> Institute of Earth Scences - SUPSI
> Trevano, C.P. 72, CH-6952 Canobbio, SWITZERLAND
> 
> Tel:    +41 (0)58 / 666 62 14  
> Fax:    +41 (0)58 / 666 62 09
> E-mail: massimiliano.cannata at supsi.ch
> 
> Web: 
> http://www.ist.supsi.ch
> http://istgis.ist.supsi.ch:8001/geomatica/
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